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Major General Richard Lake works as an independent consultant focusing on global and corporate security issues. Prior to his retirement from active duty in 2013, Lake served for over 36 years in the U.S. Marine Corps as an intelligence, foreign area, and infantry officer. He also served for four years with the CIA as one of the deputy directors of Community Human Intelligence for the National Clandestine Service (now Directorate of Operations). After his retirement, he entered the private sector working as the Chief Security Officer of Booz Allen Hamilton and as the Director of Global Security for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Chief Paradis possesses a combination of 30 plus years of law enforcement, higher education public safety and emergency management experience. She currently serves as the Chief of Police and the Executive Director of Public Safety for the University of Mississippi Police Department and the Office of Public Safety. In addition to higher education, Chief Paradis has worked in museums, hospitality, and retail, and was a sworn member of the Chicago Police Department’s Intelligence Section for over 11 years. Follow her on LinkedIn

When it comes down to it, funerals for high-profile individuals reflect much of what takes place at a large scale event. From the intricate level of detail involved in planning logistics to managing media to ensuring unwanted guests stay clear of the service — the event must feel seamless to the average spectator, despite the extent of planning and security protocols that take place behind the scenes.

Driven by his frustrations as an end-user of security tools, Ryan Schonfeld, Founder and CEO of HiveWatch, built a company to make it easier for security professionals to be more connected and informed. He knows firsthand the abundance of data available to interpret and the antiquated practices of collecting it from disparate systems — unsure of whether it’s accurate by the time a report is written and distributed.

Imagine everywhere you go, and everything you do is being tracked for others to access — from coffee shop visits, to work, to the websites you visit, the list goes on. The hard truth is this threat is a reality for the majority of people. Bill Marlow, CEO and Founder of Global Integrity, has created a way to have fully secured and protected communication through the company’s latest product, the Qphone, so people and corporations can feel at ease when connecting.

A skilled analyst understands that their role extends beyond data identification; it involves extracting meaningful insights and effectively communicating them to their audience. Rachel Briggs, CEO and Founder of the Clarity Factory, has excelled in the latter and is committed to bridging the gap between academia, policy, and practice in her research within the physical security and cybersecurity space. Her messaging is uniquely succinct and is focused on “what can the reader go and do differently in the office tomorrow.”